http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049413/

Pixar seem to be trying very hard to appeal more to adults as well as kids, but something always drags their attempts down slightly. Wall-E's second half for example is the least consistant. Thankfully Up doesn't fall for those traps for the most part, it starts off very nice and happy with an introduction of how Carl meets Ellie. They both love the same explorer and they want to go to Paradise falls. Then a nice marrige and the film shows them living together, but then things start to get darker. She wants a baby, and though the film doesn't show it, I could pretty easily tell that her baby died in child birth. Then they get old, she gets sick and dies. This isn't a spoiler though since it happens at the start of the film. Up is one of pixars most mature films, it has elements of aging, child birth, love, death, and many others that surprised me. In terms of maturity this is Pixar's most consistant film, but it still has faults. The little kid, while great most of the time, is still a tad annoying. Also I didn't like how the film threw in a villain character when I dont think it needed one. Sure this is a kids film though and kids love villains, but the guy who went evil seems to turn evil almost too quickly. He also has a lot of dogs who are mostly used for comic relief, this works most of the time but later on they fly airplanes. It seems like Pixar are in a bit of a creature problem, they have great ideas but they cant seem to figure out whether they want to appeal to adults or kids and when they try for both it can be a tad inconsistant. This is easy praise, but I loved the animated. Everything in the film comes to life with colors and images that are astounding.

The humor in this film works mostly too, I especially loved the bird Kevin, and the dog Dug. All the voices are great too, with Christopher Plummer impressing me the most. There is a good chance this will win best animated picture, and I don't actually mind this time since there is less competition. Pixar have almost made magic with this one, and though there are a few silly hiccups along the way they really show off their storytelling abilities. Other films manage to mix adult themes with a kid's story better though in a more consistant way, like Watership Down. Thankfully this one sticks to it's themes and story without going in a direction I didn't like. There may be the occasional part I didn't like as much, but this shows that Pixar are maturing and hopefully they will soon make their masterpiece. If this wins best animated picture I really wouldn't mind, though Coraline is still my main choice:P I highly recommend Up.

Overall I give it an 8.5 out of 10.